With museums, national parks, and higher education insitutions under federal attack, it is now more important than ever to support these places. Currently, museums, national parks and higher education institutions are under federal attack, yet another signifier of the rising “anti-intellectualism” movement in America. The term “anti-intellectualism” was coined by historian Richard Hofstadter in his 1963 book “Anti-intellectualism in American Life.” Anti-intellectualism means exactly what it sounds like: the rejection of intellectuals, critical thinking and academic or scientific expertise, often involving the distrust of educational institutions like museums and universities. Moreover, to erase this picture from American parks and museums is to erase this man from history almost entirely. To fight the rise in anti-intellectualism, we must read banned books, question narratives and support museums.